Day In The Life of A Michelin Star Chef

Go behind the scenes with Alvin as he spends a day with Chef Jane of Jeju Noodle Bar, the first michelin-starred noodle bar in America. From meticulously preparing fish to preparing endless bowls of noodles, being a chef might be harder than it seem.

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[JJ]

"It's important I'm the first one in. It's important for staff to see I'm present." Thats a real leader right there.

[reemaalhamdan]

She’s been working since 11 am. At 4:50 pm she says: “then we get ready for work”

Respect.

[neapolitanfoot]

I love how Alvin sounded surprised every time he realized he was being fed a treat. Such a sweet man, and sweet staff! :)

[jayhackett]

"What's this?"
"... Snack."

I love how welcoming this kitchen is to Alvin, it's just so nice to see people just being genuinely friendly in an environment like this

[susanarivera]

I love how Douglas keeps feeding Alvin. Both he and the head chef really care about their employees, and to see how they treated Alvin it really feels like a great environment to work

[alleninovejas]

It's like Chef Jane brought her child Alvin on work and her co-workers just adores him and feed him. 😂

[yas]

No screaming, no stress, just people working with respect for eachother and the service. Also, they are very nice to the cameraman :3

[corbinbishop]

I love these. Alvin has such a gentle filmmaking touch. Gets in to the atmosphere, the team, the culture. It's beautiful.

[notmac]

The way they treat a stranger in their kitchen really says a lot about the staff and the culture behind the scenes.

[BHnixe]

PLEASE DOUG IS AMAZING- he just “snack” “tea”. His silent affection is amazing

[boeykwajian]

I kept admiring the discipline the owner holding up in her shop. It made me realized that it's a Michelin star quality discipline to get the awards and it's not the Michelin star that makes them worthy.

[skatingcanuck]

I love that they have a daily family meal and a meeting. I've worked at many restaurants and family meals are very rare. I think they are generous and great for employee morale and team building. Chef Jane is a calm, communicative, and very organized leader who has lead her team to success! The fact that she is the first person there and even helping with garbage shows she not only leads, but is an active member of the team. I see now why she calls her employees "family" while they are "staff" at other establishments.

[franzguevara]

I adore the staff's generosity towards Alvin. In most kitchens he'd just get ignored or worse yet, treated like a fly in the soup, but they welcomed him and fed him snacks throughout. Gotta go try it for myself now.

[anonymous-skms]

Somebody count how many times alvin was offered food and he was surprised.

[mrbesii]

Man, I legit hope that they get paid A LOT for doing their job so well. The amount of skill and competence shown in this video has restored a bit of my faith in humanity.

[draterdiputs]

I can't stop smiling at how Alvin is always so surprised when they offer him food

[sharkboyeet]

Doug is so wholesome.
Alvin - "what is this"
Doug - "Snak"

[oeifac]

You can tell this is a great team so easily. They didn’t even know him but were super kind the entire time

[justinnewman]

This plays like a brief documentary - quiet when it is appropriate, takes a step back and observes the environment, giving breathing room to the subject. I’m so used to seeing YouTube videos with blaring music in between the “action” that the art of storytelling with the content itself almost seems lost.
Work like this is a reminder that great content is still being put out there. Fantastic job Alvin

[tokwatomato]

It's really funny to me how they're constantly feeding Alvin and he's always surprised each time they give him food.